New Records: IRS Targeted Progressive Groups More Extensively Than Tea Party | ThinkProgress

New Documents Contradict Darrell Issa Claims
US Republican Representative from California Darrell Issa questions US Attorney General Eric Holder as he testifies before a House Judiciary Committee hearing on oversight of the US Department of Justice on Capitol Hill in Washington,DC on April 8, 2014. AFP PHOTO/Nicholas KAMM (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)
US Republican Representative from California Darrell Issa questions US Attorney General Eric Holder as he testifies before a House Judiciary Committee hearing on oversight of the US Department of Justice on Capitol Hill in Washington,DC on April 8, 2014. AFP PHOTO/Nicholas KAMM (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)

A series of IRS documents, provided to ThinkProgress under the Freedom of Information Act, appears to contradict the claims by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) and his House Oversight and Government Reform Committee that only Tea Party organizations applying for tax-exempt status “received systematic scrutiny because of their political beliefs.”

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